Modern Vespa

One letter one number E40. Who wants to ghost ride a vespa?

http://youtu.be/Mpk893BinuY

Maybe not so known to you guys but this is nn old Italian Prog-Rock group.
THye actually managed to have some success in the UK and in the US back in the late '70s

Dude that's like and MIT jam session... Spinal Tap, Yes, and Jello Biafra all rolled into one sticky, chocolaty roll!

Gick's sticker brought back funny memories of this LA punk band.

Excellent stuff Mod! I know what I'm listening to for the next 47 min.

It's great to listen to Gimme Gimme Gimme on Everything Went Black.. there's 3 versions on the album.. it's cool to hear the progression... especially in Rollins' vocal.

00:00, then at 13:05 then again at 43:00

Pearl Jam in the car today. Found it in my CD collection, havent listened to it since about 1996. Bringing back old memories. I had hair then too!

Ooohh, that's a good find, Vader! Meee dig it! 8)

Thanks!

Gotta say, I went to many LA punk gigs in the early 80's and always had a blast. Albeit, sans me parker! lol.

I used to sing in a punk band back in 1982. We were short lived(although one member went on to some small success on the west coast), but the highlight of our career was opening for Black Flag and/or Minor Threat in Orlando Florida.
We were called ..wait for it.... The Illbred Youth.
Later morphed into....Noise for the Needy,
Then.... Rose Shadows.

Great fun, I used to have hair back then !

Sir Paul.

R U kidding? That's killer! Do you have any of your music? recorded? Don't hold out on us!... Bust it out!

Me too me too...

Opened for many many cool ass bands - Descendents, SNFU, Circle Jerks, 7 seconds. Headlined some big crazy shows too I was a wee 14 or 15 years old. That was the rub... we weren't that good, but we were so young we were a bit of a novelty in the Houston HC scene. Good memories.

Hey Vader,
Actually we did record an album (as Rose Shadows) which was sort of an accumulation of the better stuff from all three iterations of the band. Yes it was an album, on actual vinyl no less.
I had 2 or 3 copies of the album for a few years, but in the 2 transatlantic moves and several moves around America over the years, they seem to have slipped away (like my youth and my hair).
Orlando Florida in the early eighties was no place to be a punk band, there was a very small core of people into that music back then. Orlando was basically a town divided into the WDIZ album rock crowd...."freebird"....and the country and western crowd...
I guess we were their "friends in low places" .
It was so difficult for us to get venues that, on the occasion of the Black Flag/Minor Threat visit, we had to put together our own stage in the back lot of a guitar shop on Colonial Drive near the Orange County Fairgrounds.

All the best Vader,
Sir Paul.

Hi Bird

Great pic Birdsnest. Our bass player would have been so jealous of you getting to open for The Circle Jerks and the Descendents. Good for you also getting to be on stage and such at an early age. What a kick eh!

All the best,
Sir Paul.

or a never was.

There, fixed it for you. 8)

I saw Black Flag on the Loose Nut tour. Some of the shine had worn off 'em by then, but still fun to see. One of the best shows of the era that I saw was Scratch Acid and the Dead Kennedy's. Just epic.

That rules Paul.. and Mr. Nest!... Good memories.. my 1st shows were in '83 so I'm a crusty old punk too I guess. I have a box in the garage w/ all my show fliers... of course! Haaa We used to see shows at Fender's Ballroom in Longbeach, the Olympic Auditorium in LA, and Wabash Hall in SD.. (wabash was a shithold of a room, and calling it a "Hall" was a bit much.. it was more like a large bathroom!

Too bad about the vinyl Paul.. I know how that goes though.. I had almost all of my records (many that I got in London when I went with a radio station KROQ when I was 15... Hard to get stuff) were ruined... they were in a storage space for the complex me and roommate were living in, and the roof leaked and no one knew.. so they were just sitting in water for several years! sad.

Well it's all memories now! I'm stoked I have those memories though!

* Keith Clark (the longest running drummer for the Circle Jerks) was my accountant and did my taxes for a several years back in the day!

Hi Bird
Hahahaha the Dead Kennedys, seemed like everyone had the DK symbol etched on their jeans or jacket back then.
Sorry to say I was never a big fan of "california thrash punk or surf punk" as it was labelled back then. Being a recent (in 1981) transplant from England back then, I was (I am ashamed to admit) a bit of a music snob and looked down on American punk bands.

I probably got over myself later on in the eighties, of course by then punk had been dead a long time.
Still an "orgasm addict" though.

Sir Paul

recognize my signature then? from the song that changed my life!

Another fave to have seen live back in the day.

Here's a poster I did for the Vandals Texas tour back in the 90's

Killer work Astromags.

Whoa, I concur! That looks rad! 8)

Nicely done, astromags!

the same as most shifts



prisoners banging cell doors!

Can't you get 'em in sync? Do like a jailhouse percussion thing?.. who knows.. there's probably a spot on reality T.V. for you! Marky Sparx and the Jailhouse Bangers!

Nice to see you Mr. Sparx!

and you Vader.

they seem to play off each other.

If I didnt have wankers elbow!

Sparky is in bandages!

Sorry to hear that brother! I hope you're "on the mend"! Take it easy.. those crocodiles will do that!

You gotta look after the old people. Just doing my bit


Infact when the snow came down quite bad 2 weeks ago in the West Midlands, I called my other Custody Officer (who was based at another station for the day) 14 times in one shift to make sure he was OK. He is getting on a bit.

Thanks guys.

English Beat - Soul Salvation

I've got Lizzy on the brain today:

Hell yeah! Thin Lizzy! Love that shit.

Song written by Jack Keuroac, given to Tom Waits to record.

tryin some five finger death punch .... a bit like diet coke .... i need the sugar

minor threat

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good man bitsa. keep up the good work